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2011 Connecticut Code
Title 26 Fisheries and Game
Chapter 491 State Shellfisheries
- Secs. 26-187 to 26-191. Commissioners; appointment; report. Compensation of shellfish commissioners. Office; clerk; expenses. Engineer; employment. Use of shellfisheries boat.
- Sec. 26-192. Exclusive jurisdiction of state.
- Sec. 26-192a. Lead agency.
- Sec. 26-192b. Standards for shellfish testing.
- Sec. 26-192c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License.
- Sec. 26-192d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-97). Appeals from orders, suspension or revocation of a license.
- Sec. 26-192e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-98). Classification of coastal waters, shores and tidal flats for the taking of shellfish.
- Sec. 26-192f. (Formerly Sec. 19a-99). Penalties.
- Sec. 26-192g. (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). Enforcement.
- Sec. 26-192h. (Formerly Sec. 19a-101). License for the taking of shellfish from closed areas for certain purposes.
- Sec. 26-192i. (Formerly Sec. 19a-95). Shellfish; definition.
- Sec. 26-192j. Pollution which affects shellfish grounds. Liability to municipal shellfish commission.
- Sec. 26-192k. Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification information confidential. Code re harvest location.
- Sec. 26-192l. Department of Agriculture's shellfish research and survey vessel.
- Sec. 26-193. Natural oyster beds: Map on file.
- Sec. 26-194. Leasing of shellfish grounds. Fee. Utility lines and public use structures. Shellfish removal or relocation costs. Annual host payments for Long Island Sound crossings. Deposits into expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account and General Fund. Designation of shellfish areas to regional agricultural science and technology education centers.
- Sec. 26-194a. Lease of a state shellfish bed to a municipality for recreational shellfishing. Fees.
- Sec. 26-195. State ground; determination of disputed boundaries.
- Sec. 26-196. Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases.
- Sec. 26-197. Commissioners' fees on hearings.
- Sec. 26-198. Fees for recording or copying.
- Sec. 26-199. Recording of transfers.
- Sec. 26-200. Survey and staking; maps; fee.
- Sec. 26-201. Release to the state.
- Sec. 26-202. Leasing beacon ground.
- Sec. 26-203. Buoying of certain natural beds.
- Sec. 26-204. Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.
- Sec. 26-205. Wardens; appointment, duties and powers.
- Sec. 26-206. Shellfish police.
- Sec. 26-207. Taxation of shellfish grounds.
- Sec. 26-208. Laying of tax.
- Sec. 26-209. Appeal.
- Sec. 26-210. Collection of tax.
- Sec. 26-211. Taxes unpaid five years; reversion.
- Sec. 26-212. Licensing and numbering of shellfish vessels. Fee.
- Sec. 26-213. License to work on natural beds.
- Sec. 26-214. Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited.
- Sec. 26-215. Power dredges. Local shellfish commissions. Use of power dredges to restore shellfish beds.
- Sec. 26-216. Penalty.
- Sec. 26-217. Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.
- Sec. 26-218. License forfeited on conviction.
- Sec. 26-219. License to take conchs.
- Sec. 26-220. Shellfish spawning beds.
- Secs. 26-221 to 26-223. Mud dumping. Notice of intended dumping on private oyster beds. Dumping inspectors.
- Sec. 26-224. Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty.
- Sec. 26-224a. Depositing of shellfish in tidal waters. Regulations.
- Sec. 26-225. Stealing oysters.
- Sec. 26-226. Injury to enclosure.
- Sec. 26-227. Taking from designated but unmarked ground.
- Sec. 26-228. Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise.
- Sec. 26-229. Injury to monuments.
- Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground.
- Sec. 26-231. Towing dredge prohibited.
- Sec. 26-232. Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers.
- Sec. 26-233. Taking oysters from Housatonic River.
- Secs. 26-233a and 26-234. Taking of oysters in Housatonic River other than by tongs. Greenwich Cove oysters.
- Sec. 26-234a. Daily limit on oysters.
- Sec. 26-234b. Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations.
- Sec. 26-235. Taking of clams. Recreational harvest limit. Penalties. Defacing or removal of sign.
- Sec. 26-236. Uncertified natural grounds.
- Sec. 26-237. Penalty.
- Sec. 26-237a. Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds.
- Sec. 26-237b. Shellfish Fund.
- Sec. 26-237c. License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds.
- Sec. 26-237d. Municipal collection of sea water samples for shellfish harvest water classification.
- Sec. 26-237e. Resource assessment permits.
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